It's cool how in the video the camera shutter is capturing so quick that the water looks like its traveling upwards similar to how flashing a light really quickly creates the levitating water illusion. I wonder how these techniques both utilize quick capturing/flashing yet create two different illusions...
aravmisra
@muuncakez this was a thought/question I had as well, so I did a bit of research and came across this article/experiment that even mentions the difference and provides some steps to recreate the strobe light effect, along with circuit schematics and all. https://www.electroboom.com/?p=268
Some further detail is described in this related article which dives into the phenomenon along with a couple really helpful charts! https://www.electroboom.com/?p=212
muuncakez
@aravmisra oh hey this is really neat! thank you :D the charts are a nice visual caught myself saying "ooooh" once seeing how and when the camera actually captures the movement of the drops. If I am understanding correctly its based on the syncing of the camera capturing w/ the water dropping rate. If slightly out of sync then the water looks like its moving upwards in some cases...
jacky-p
I find it fascinating how cameras can capture the same thing but produced varied results due to their settings (i.e. sampling method). It's interesting to see "jaggies" in video form where it makes the water appear as water droplets and create the illusion of the water appear as if it were traveling upward. While the antialiasing of the motion blur creates a "corrected" form of the video where it appears as we would see with a naked eye, as a stream of water into the cup. Does out brain/eyes have a sort of set exposure? As in why we depict certain things certain ways like cameras do?
It's cool how in the video the camera shutter is capturing so quick that the water looks like its traveling upwards similar to how flashing a light really quickly creates the levitating water illusion. I wonder how these techniques both utilize quick capturing/flashing yet create two different illusions...
@muuncakez this was a thought/question I had as well, so I did a bit of research and came across this article/experiment that even mentions the difference and provides some steps to recreate the strobe light effect, along with circuit schematics and all. https://www.electroboom.com/?p=268
Some further detail is described in this related article which dives into the phenomenon along with a couple really helpful charts! https://www.electroboom.com/?p=212
@aravmisra oh hey this is really neat! thank you :D the charts are a nice visual caught myself saying "ooooh" once seeing how and when the camera actually captures the movement of the drops. If I am understanding correctly its based on the syncing of the camera capturing w/ the water dropping rate. If slightly out of sync then the water looks like its moving upwards in some cases...
I find it fascinating how cameras can capture the same thing but produced varied results due to their settings (i.e. sampling method). It's interesting to see "jaggies" in video form where it makes the water appear as water droplets and create the illusion of the water appear as if it were traveling upward. While the antialiasing of the motion blur creates a "corrected" form of the video where it appears as we would see with a naked eye, as a stream of water into the cup. Does out brain/eyes have a sort of set exposure? As in why we depict certain things certain ways like cameras do?